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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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